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segment of the maxillary palpi separate it at once from any species 

 recorded in the literature. For systematic position it may be placed 

 near seriata Champion (1891, p. 298). 



Length : 2.2 mm. ; including anal style, 2.7 mm. Form short, broad, 

 subovate, broadest near base of pronotum ; dermal color black, anten- 

 nae and legs fuscous, spurs of posterior tibiae and genitalia flavous. 

 Surface densely covered with fine, recumbent, yellowish-brown pubes- 

 cence, except on ventral abdominal segments, where it is whitish. 



Antennae 0.5 mm. long, scarcely reaching base of pronotum; seg- 

 ments 3 and 4 equal in length; 5-10 each as broad as long, strongly 

 serrate, broadest apically; 11 distinctly longer than 10, rounded on 

 sides and apex, broadest medially; distal segment of maxillary palpi 

 enlarged, with form of an elongate isosceles triangle, sides slightly 

 curved, corners rounded. Pronotum distinctly broader than long 

 (0.85 by 0.6 mm.), broadest subbasally, apex and sides rounded, basal 

 angles almost right angles, base arcuate, midbasal lobe short, but 

 rounded. Scutellum small, broadly triangular, sides visibly curved, 

 apical angle rounded. Elytra less than twice as long as broad (1.6 by 

 0.85 mm.), sides distinctly curved from base to apex, apices indi- 

 vidually rounded. Anterior and intermediate tibiae longer than their 

 tarsi, second and third segments of latter part short, but not dilated. 

 Tarsal claws with three teeth, all blunt, basal one obtuse, very much 

 flattened. Anal style short (0.5 by 0.4 mm.), but one-fourth longer 

 than apical ventral segment, very broad at base, but one-third longer 

 than broad from a dorsal view, sides straight, apex rounded. 



Type locality. — Constanza, Dominican Republic. 



Type.—A^ unique female, U.S.N.M. No. 52928, taken on May 22, 

 1927, by A. Wetmore. 



MORDELLA FLAVOFASCIATA Champion 



Mordella flavofasciata Champion, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Coleoptera, vol. 4, 

 pt. 2, p. 287, pi. 11, flg. 18, 1891. 



One specimen: Potrero, Veracruz, Mexico, October 28, 1924, on 

 weeds, 600 meters elevation (A. Dampf). 



MORDELLA SERIATA Champion 



Mordella seriata Champion, Biologia Centrali-Americana, vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 298, pi. 

 13, fig.s. 9, 9a, 1891. 



One specimen : Finca Vergel, Huixtla Valley, Chiapas, Mexico, May 

 15, 1935, 700 meters elevation (A. Dampf). 



Genus CALYCE Champion 



Calyce Champion, Biologia Centrali-Americana, vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 307. 1891. 



